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psychopath

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psy·cho·path  (sk-pth)
n.
A person with an antisocial personality disorder, manifested in aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse.

[Back-formation from psychopathic.]

psychopath
Noun
a person afflicted with a personality disorder which causes him or her to commit antisocial and sometimes violent acts
psychopathic adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.psychopathpsychopath - someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis

psychopath
noun madman, lunatic, maniac, psychotic, nutter Brit. (slang) nutcase (slang) sociopath, headcase (informal) mental case (slang) headbanger (informal) insane person see see, mad
Translations
Spanish psychopath [ˈsaɪkəupæθ] npsicópata m/f
French psychopath [ˈsaɪkəupæθ] npsychopathe m/f
German psychopath [ˈsaɪkəupæθ] nPsychopath(in) m(f)
Italian psychopath [ˈsaɪkəupæθ] npsicopatico/a

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